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Emotions in concrete

by Ksso on January 23, 2011

Some of us aren't lucky enough to leave near the coastline and just can't get in the water as often as we would like to. Then we need to find some alternatives to keep in touch with our passion. One of the place I love for that in Paris is the brand new Paris Aquarium located in Trocadero.Loaded with huge tanks with plenty of huge mantas, sharks, groupers as well as smaller jelly fish, eels, clown fish, it's an amazing place to spend a couple hours watching the fish dance around us.Cherry on the pie, you even have a nice restaurant, Ozu, with a view on one of the biggest tank (the video below is the view from the restaurant).Maybe one day I'll get to dive in one of those tanks!

Introducing the crew : Alex

by Ksso on January 23, 2011

Since I'll be writing quite a bit in that blog, it's time for some proper introductions! I'm Alex, 30, I live in Paris, France. I first dived in 2004 and got my CMAS 1* level after a week course in Hyères. The next year I made it to CMAS 2* in Golfe Juan.In case you've not experienced the French riviera dive spots, they're far from being as dull as you might have heard/read. Although they're not as rich as the Red Sea or any coral reef, you often need to get around 30m depth to actually start seeing cool stuff such as moray eels. But if you can deep dive, then there's definitely a lot to see in the French Riviera area.I used to dive with a Mares M2 computer but now I just got myself a...

Scuba diving fair in Paris, France

by Ksso on January 17, 2011

Paris may be a nice place to live, but there's no sea there. If you're a scuba diver as I am you spend your time planning for the next vacations that will get you to wear your gear again. In the meantime a few pools let you do some pit diving, but it's not really the same thing. There is one event though that draws all the scuba divers around to Paris : the yearly scuba diving fair.It's the one place where all the representatives of scuba diving gather in that giant one stop shop where you can find your next destination, try the new gear from the major vendors and event push your friends to get an initiation in a temporary pool set for the occasion. If you're an advanced diver you could...